CIG Weekly Seminars

Winter Quarter 2006

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Outreach, Classes, and Seminars

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The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) hosts weekly seminars on a variety of topics related to the scientific and social dimensions of climate variability, climate change, climate impacts assessment, and adaptation to climate impacts. Seminars are held during the academic year and are open to the public.

Seminars are scheduled for:

Thursdays, 1:30-3:00

(unless otherwise noted)

CIG Conference Room (2nd Floor, Lisa Li Building)
4909 25th Ave. NE, Seattle

(Note: The Lisa Li Building is located northeast of the UW campus across from University Village shopping center on 25th Ave NE. The building is located behind Washington Mutual and next to the Burke Gilman Trail.)

Information for presenters

Date	Speaker	Topic
Wednesday, January 4 (special seminar)	Iris Grossmann, Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Centre, Germany	Future perspectives for the Lower Elbe region 2005-2030: Climate trends and globalization Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, January 5	Part 1 (20 min.) Ed Sarachik, CSES/CDG Part 2 Victor Dvortsov, PacifCorp	Quarterly climate update Presentation - global, regional reports The use of weather derivatives in the energy industry Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, January 12	Joshua Tewksbury, Dept. of Biology, UW	Global warming and latitude - a question of thermal tolerance? Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, January 19	Nick Bond, NOAA	Victoria's Secret: On the recent shift in the state of the North Pacific Ocean Read more on the Victoria Pattern Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, January 26	Richard Palmer and Matthew Wiley, UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and CSES/CIG	Climate and land use change impacts on the endangered Chinook salmon populations in the Snohomish River Basin, Washington Abstract / Presentation (note: this is a shorter version of the talk as presented at a December 2005 AWRA meeting)
Thursday, February 2	(no seminar - AMS meeting)
Thursday, February 9	Bruce Donald Campbell, College of Engineering, UW	Collaborative visual analytics of earth science data for emergency response scenarios Abstract / Presentation Presentation movie files: (.mov files) - Puget Sound glaciation - Snow water equivalent - Water table
Thursday, February 16	(no seminar - UW Water Center Annual Review of Research meeting)
Thursday, February 23	Russ Kiefer, Idaho Fish and Game	Can the Victoria Index be used to forecast Columbia River Spring Chinook adult return rates? Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, March 2	Tim Essington, UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences	A preliminary investigation into the structure and dynamics of the Puget Sound food web Abstract / Presentation
Thursday, March 9	Don Reading, CSES/CIG	Climate change and the economics of ski areas: Examples from Idaho Abstract / Presentation